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[Photograph of Barsanti arriving in Vietnam]
Photograph of Olinto Mark Barsanti and his troop arriving in Vietnam, walking in formation on the tarmac. The soldiers behind are holding up service and American flags and an airplane is partially visible in the background.
[Photograph of Barsanti exiting the barracks]
Photograph of Olinto Mark Barsanti coming out of barracks, at the Camp Eagle in Vietnam, c. 1967-68.
[Photograph of Barsanti and unidentified man]
Photograph of Olinto Mark Barsanti and an unidentified man, standing in front of a helicopter with the Airborne Eagle logo on the nose, in Vietnam c. 1967-68.
[Photograph of Barsanti giving a speech]
Photograph of Olinto Mark Barsanti standing at a microphone, making a speech during a fallen soldier memorial in Vietnam c. 1967-68. In the foreground, a men's military boots, rifles, and helmet are arranged atop of an army cameo clothing. Two soldiers are seated behind Barsanti, holding papers, and a third is standing on the right side of the image; tents are visible behind them.
[Photograph of Barsanti arriving in Vietnam]
Portrait of Olinto Mark Barsanti in Vietnam, c. 1967. Barsanti is dressed in his military uniform and posing for his portrait in front of the Camp Eagle base camp.
[Portrait of Major General Barsanti]
Portrait of United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti, visible from the chest up and leaning forward toward the left side of the image. Barsanit is dressed in his full uniform and posing in front of the American flag.
[Photograph of Barsanti]
Portrait of Olinto Mark Barsanti, dressed in his military uniform and posing in front of the American flag while seated at a desk.
[Portrait of Barsanti being awarded medal]
Photograph of Lt. Colonel Olinto Mark Barsanti being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by Major General Edward M. Almond, in Hungnam, Korea. Behind him, other men are standing in line with him to his left, and other people are partially visible in the background, including someone out of frame holding a camera in the far right.
[Citation - The Distinguished Flying Cross]
Citation by Direction of the President - The Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to Major General Barsanti for actions during Vietnam War.
The Screaming Eagle, Volume 1, Number 25, July 15, 1968
Weekly newsletter of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army providing the information about the division's activities as well as other news from the United States Army.
[Photograph of Barsanti standing outside a helicopter]
Photograph of Olinto M. Barsanti, dressed in his military uniform and hard-hat, standing on the leg of a helicopter at the Camp Kaiser in Korea.
[Citation for Legion of Merit]
Citation for Legion of Merit in regards to the performance of Lieutenant Colonel Olinto M. Barsanti, from the General Headquarters - Far East Command. The citation states that Lt. Col. Barsanti was solely responsible for setting up an entire administrative organization in Korea, unassisted except for the local personnel.
[Letter to Major Olinto M. Barsanti, August 2, 1944]
A confidential letter addressed to Major Olinto M. Barsanti, from Leslie V. Dix, Major, A. G. D., Asst. Adj. General. The letter is in regards to the Silver Star being awarded to Olinto M. Barsanti, for gallantry in action during a counter-attack of the enemy in the vicinity of le Soulaire, France.
[Generals Orders - Eighth United States Army]
Generals orders from the desk of Major General Leven C. Allen, typed up by R. L. Butt, Jr. The orders are in regards to the men awarded the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, Air Medal - Award and the Commendation Ribbon. Lieutenant Colonel Olinto M. Barsanti has been awarded the Silver Star, for gallantry in action during a counter-attack of the enemy in the vicinity of Inje, Korea.
[Letter from Harold K. Johnson to Olinto M. Barsanti, April 26, 1968]
Letter from Harold K. Johnson, General, United States Army, Chief of Staff, to Major General Olinto M. Barsanti, in regards to Johnson's visitation with the 101st "Screaming Eagles" and recognition of the progress and achievements the regiment has made.
[Photograph of Barsanti and his wife]
Photograph of Olinto M. Barsanti, and his wife, seated together on a sofa-chair and having their portrait taken. The portrait was taken at a farewell party in Germany.
[Award of the Silver Star]
General orders from the desk of Brigadier General of the U. S. Army, Robert C. Taber, typed up by Colonel R. N. Dallam, Jr. The orders are in regards the awarded Silver Star to Major General Olinto M. Barsanti, of the 101st Airborne Division. For gallantry in action during a military operation involving conflict with armed hostile forces in Vietnam.
[Barsanti's oval medallion]
Photograph of Barsanti's oval medallion from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The dark golden medallion is in the shape of an oval with the symbol for what appears to be a spear on the left side. Image 2, back side of the medallion with some words imprinted on the back. The medallion itself hangs from a small loop at the top.
[Barsanti's Silver Star medal with three oak leaf clusters]
Photograph of Barsanti's Silver Star medal with three oak leaf clusters that was first awarded 1944 from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The medal is a shiny golden star with a tiny silver star in the middle. The medal hangs from a red, white and blue ribbon, laid with three tiny leaves.
[Barsanti's Insignia Pin]
Photograph of Barsanti's insignia pin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The pin is in the shape of a 7 pointed leaf, detailed in the lines of its design and has a dark golden sheen to it.
[Barsanti's Purple Heart medal]
Photograph of Barsanti's Purple Heart medal from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the purple heart-shaped medal laying inside a black leather box with the lid open, the inside yellow. The ribbon is held by a purple ribbon. Image 2, closeup of heart medal. The heart medal is a purple heart inside of a golden one. In the purple part is a gold figure of a head, and it is held by a purple ribbon with white on the side.
[101st Airborne patch]
Photograph of an 101st Airborne patch from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The patch is black with the word "Airborne" stitched at the top in yellow with a space in between. On the bigger part of the black patch is the head of an eagle stitched on.
[Barsanti's Legion of Merit Legionnaire Medal with two oak leaf clusters]
Photograph of Barsanti's Legion of Merit Legionnaire Medal with two oak leaf clusters from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the circular wheel-like medal laying in black leather box with a yellow inside, attached to a red ribbon with two clusters on it. Image 2, closeup of the medal. The medal is a fan-like wheel with the fan part white with red edges. The circle in the middle attaching them is golden with a blue middle, containing several gold stars inside of it. Under the fan part is a golden circled framed by green. The medal is attached to a red ribbon with white edges, and two leaf clusters laying on the ribbon.
[Two Star General license plate]
Photograph of the Two Star General license plate from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The licenses plate is a red rectangle with two small white stars in the middle of it.
[Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions and Korean Presidential Unit Citation Army ribbons]
Photographs of the Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions and Korean Presidential Unit Citation Army ribbons from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the two ribbons side by side each other, with the Vietnam one on the left and the Korean one on the right. The Vietnam ribbon is green, with the left and ride edges red and a small bronze leaf laying in the middle, and the whole ribbon is in a small bronze frame. The Korean ribbon is tan with the edges olive green. In the middle is a circle that is half red and half blue. The ribbon is in a small golden frame. Image 2, closeup of the green Vietnam ribbon. Image 3, closeup of tan Korean ribbon.
[Fifth Army Unit Crest pin]
Photograph of the Fifth Army Unit Crest pin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The crest is crown shaped, the middle blue in color and the rest silver. In the blue part are two silver stars, and two blue stars in the silver part at the top and one on the silver part on the bottom.
[Barsanti’s Major General hat]
Photograph of Barsanti’s Major General hat from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The hat is a normal cap that is olive green in color. On the front are two black stitched stars with another symbol in black stitched above it.
[Barsanti's star pins]
Photograph of Barsanti's star pins from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. At the top are two big silver star pins., shiny and protruding to a point. Under those two pins are two identical star pins, half the size of the bigger ones. At the bottom is a rusted pin two rectangles with bars in between.
[Barsanti's Distinguished Service Cross]
Photograph of Barsanti's Distinguished Service Cross from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the bronze cross with the image of an eagle with expanded wings over the middle of it. It hangs from a blue ribbon with white and red stripes on the sides. The cross lays inside a black leather box that is yellow on the inside. Image 2, closeup of cross laying inside the box with a yellow inside.
[The Rock of The Marine pin]
Photograph of The Rock of The Marine pin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections.
[Combat Infantryman badges]
Photographs of Combat Infantryman badges from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows three badges laying flat, the first one at the top a long silver revival surrounded by a light blue rectangle, under this is a silver wreath joined by a star at the top. Under this badge is a smaller version of it but brighter in its color. Below this is a bronze badge of two rifles crossing each other. Image 2, closeup of badge of two bronze rifles crossing each other. Image 3, closeup of smaller version of blue rifle badge. Image 4, closeup of big blue rifled badge.
[Blue ribbon with two leaf clusters]
Photograph of a blue ribbon with two leaf clusters from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The small ribbon is a bright dark blue color, with two tiny bronze leaves laying on it. The ribbon is inside a thin golden frame.
[U.S. Army 7th Division Insignia pin]
Photograph of U.S. Army 7th Division Insignia pin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The pin is a red circle with a silver rim. Inside of the red circle are two black triangles meeting at a point in the middle, part of the golden back can be seen.
[Barsanti's dog tags]
Photograph of two silver dog tags that belonged to Major General Olinto Barsanti, connected by a chain, slightly rusted and scratched on the surface. The first dog tag at the top of the photo shows the letters engraved onto it backwards, as does the dog tag on the bottom with the word "Barsanti barely made out.
[Barsanti’s swagger stick from Vietnam]
Photographs of the "swaggers stick" that was part of the uniform for Major General Olinto Barsanti. It is dark brown, smooth and shiny stick with a small silver plaque that has the engraved words "MG O. M. Barsanti C G 101st Airborne Division 1 Jul 67 - 19 Jul 68." The handle part of the stick is a rusted golden color with the symbol of expanded wings on it in a rusted dark brown color. The tip of the stick is also a rusted golden color.
[Barsanti's Major General shoulder straps]
Photograph of two military shoulder boards that belonged to Major General Olinto Barsanti. They are black-colored rectangles with a gold border and two silver stars embroidered in the center of each one.
[Barsanti's name tag]
Photograph of a black military name tag with several small scratches on it, and the name "Barsanti" printed in white capital letters.
[Barsanti's Distinguished Service Medal]
Photograph of Barsanti's Distinguished Service Medal from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows a circular medal that is navy blue around the rim with the words "For Distinguished Service MCMXVII" in gold. In the middle is a golden eagle with its wings exapnded and a flag like crest in the middle of it. The medal is attached a red, white and blue ribbon. The medal lies in a black box with a white inside. Image 2, closeup of Distinguished Service Medal.
[Barsanti’s Vietnam ring]
Photograph of Barsanti’s Vietnam ring from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The ring is a shiny bronze, and is seen from the side. On the side of the ring the word "Vietnam" is engraved with the word "Airborne" under it and the head of an eagle. At the bottom of the ring are the engraved words "Screaming Eagles." The top of the ring is circular with a clear stone in the middle. around the top the words "General" can be seen as well as the numbers 89.
[101st Airborne lighter]
Photograph of an 101st Airborne lighter from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the front of the silver lighter, with the cap sightly rusted. On the front of its is a black crest with the word "Airborne" above it and a white eagle head on it with its yellow beak. Image 2, back of silver lighter. The words "101st ABN. Div" are engraved on the cap and the word "Vietnam" on the bottom followed by the years 1967-1968.
[Barsanti's ribbon rack]
Photograph of Barsanti's ribbon rack from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The ribbon rack consists of eight rows of ribbons with one at the top and fr at the bottom. Most of the ribbons have stripes of color, and some of them contain little emblems such as leaves or stars.
[101st Airborne challenge coin]
Photograph of a 101st Airborne challenge coin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows the back of the brown, rusted coin with a symbol of expanded angel wings engraved at the top, with the bottom of it containing the words "Rendezvous with Destiny." Image 2, front of coin. "101st" and "Airborne" are negraved at the top with an eagle head engraved under it. Under that, in two small engraved banners are the words "Normandy Bastogne Holland" and "Berchtesgaden."
[Barsanti's Air Medal]
Photograph of Barsanti's Air medal from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image is a far away view of a bronze sun medal with an eagle in the middle. It is held by a blue ribbon with golden stripes on the side. The medal lays in a a black leather box with a yellow inside. Image 2, closeup of the sun medal in a box.
[Lieutenant Colonel Insignia pin]
Photograph of a Lieutenant Colonel Insignia pin from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The pin is in the shape of a 7 pointed leaf, detailed in the lines of its design.
[Republic of Vietnam Jump Wings pins with palm (Master)]
Photographs of the Republic of Vietnam Jump Wings pins with palm (Master) from the United States Army Major General Olinto Mark Barsanti Papers, held by UNT Special Collections. The first image shows a bronze pin of expanded wings with a star connecting them at the bottom. In between the wings is the cone-like part of the pin with a small golden leaf on it. Under this pin to the left is a silver pin of wings with the same cone-like shape in the middle of the wings, with two golden circles attached to each wing on the back. To the right of this pin is a brown eagle shaped pin with its wings expanded. Image 2, closeup of pin with expanded wings and a star connecting them at the bottom. Image 3, closeup of silver wings pin. Image 4, closeup of brown eagle shaped pin with its wings expanded.
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